It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen was training his troops while inspecting everywhere.

Now her territory is getting bigger and bigger.

Except for Jizhou City and some surrounding villages, the entire Jizhou territory was basically under her control.

In the past, when patrolling the territory of Xing County, it would only take three days to cover the entire area on a fast horse.

Now it would take her eight or nine days to inspect all of her territory.

Lu Xingchen arrived at the newly built horse farm in Teng County. The horse farm was surrounded by fences.

The stables were also built to a certain size, but there were too few war horses inside.

When Lu Xingchen, the young warhorse, is needed for training, there are some mares raised here, and they are of good breed.

"Thank you for your hard work, uncle." Lu Xingchen was very satisfied when he saw the scale of the construction of Machang.

Lu Yunfeng smiled and said, "What's so hard about our own family affairs?"

"Although it is our own family's business, we still have to do our best." Lu Xingchen said.

Lu Yunfeng smiled with relief.

"I've told you many times that this fodder cannot be mixed like this. It needs 30% black beans, 20% yellow beans, the remaining 40% green grass, and 10% hay." A middle-aged man's voice came over.

"How many beans do you need to feed the horses like this?" another person grumbled unconvinced.

"Yes, people can't eat beans now and they are almost eating grass. How dare you let the horse eat so many beans." Another person muttered.

"People may not eat beans, but this is a war horse, so it must eat beans. Besides, the master said that this mare must be bred to give birth to a foal. This horse breed is not good to begin with, and without good physical characteristics, can the foal born still go to the battlefield? It can only pull carts." The middle-aged man had a serious face, as if he was talking about something very important.

"Stop arguing, the master is here." Someone saw Lu Xingchen and the others coming over and hurriedly reminded them.

Everyone knelt on the ground and saluted Lu Yunfeng and Lu Xingchen.

"Uncle, please stand up..." Lu Xingchen stretched out his hand and helped the middle-aged man up.

The middle-aged man looked flattered.

Although he didn't know who Lu Xingchen was, he walked in front of Lu Yunfeng, and judging from his dress and temperament, he must be a noble person.

"You all stand up too." Lu Xingchen asked the others to stand up as well.

"What's your name, uncle?" Lu Xingchen looked at the middle-aged man and asked.

"My name is Lao Ou..." Lao Ou paused, then explained, "My name is Ouyang Pengfei."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh at Lao Ou's name.

Lao Ou is not tall, has messy hair and untidy beard, and his clothes are naturally dirty and torn.

It is really difficult to match this image with this name.

"Your Excellency can just call me Lao Ou."

"Ouyang is a double surname." Lu Xingchen said, "Uncle Ouyang knows a lot about raising horses?"

"I used to be a full-time warhorse breeder." Ouyang Pengfei showed a frustrated expression, "Then the city was breached and people were killed everywhere, so I fled out of the city..."

"Later, I became a refugee..."

"Later, I came to Teng County and was told they were recruiting people who could do anything as long as they had a skill. I was good at raising horses, so I stayed."

"Do you also know about the breeding of war horses?" Lu Xingchen asked.

Ouyang Pengfei nodded vigorously.

"Okay, then I'll leave the management of my horse farm to you." Lu Xingchen said.

Lu Yunfeng showed an incredible look, "Xingchen, this..."

Lu Xingchen turned to Lu Yunfeng and said, "Can my uncle find someone here who knows how to raise war horses better than him?"

Lu Yunfeng was speechless.

He had just placed a guy here who had a good relationship with him, flattered him, and gave him gifts.

The investment required for a horse farm is particularly large, and it is a good place to speculate and switch business.

Lu Xingchen naturally knew what Lu Yunfeng was thinking, but Lu Yunfeng would probably not stay in Teng County soon.

"Ouyang Pengfei, what do you think is the most scarce thing in the horse farm right now?" Lu Xingchen asked.

Ouyang Pengfei was a little dazed by the joy that suddenly befell him.

After a moment, he answered in a trembling voice, "We are in need of good stallions and good mares."

"Besides, there is a shortage of beans."

"This horse farm is quite large. We can open up some land and plant beans. If we plant them now, we can have a harvest in late autumn," said Lu Xingchen.

"As for stallions and mares, we will have to slowly buy them from outside. We don't have the conditions for that right now. So you will have to take care of the existing horses first."

"When we have the conditions, we will purchase good stallions and war horses through channels, and then you can choose them yourself."

Ouyang Pengfei nodded repeatedly in agreement.

He has been dealing with horses since he was a teenager. Now he is in his forties. This is the first time he has seen a nobleman attach so much importance to horse breeding.

"Uncle, please do your best to provide convenience to Ouyang Pengfei. We really need war horses." Lu Xingchen said to Lu Yunfeng.

What else could Lu Yunfeng say but to nod in agreement.

Lu Xingchen left Teng County and returned to Xing County.

Along the way she saw the growth of high-yield wheat seeds.

With good rainfall this year and no other disasters, high-yield seeds may bring an unexpected bumper harvest.

The most important thing is that the wheat has entered the maturity stage. After another three to five days of sun baking, it can be harvested.

The farmers were all in high spirits. They sat on the ridges of the fields early every morning waiting for the day when the wheat would fully mature.

They also prayed that there would be no natural disasters in the next few days and that the weather would remain sunny and warm.

The day of wheat harvest finally arrived safely.

Every village beats drums and gongs, preparing to strike the first sickle.

This is a great joy for farmers.

Nothing could make them more excited and excited than seeing the golden ears of wheat.

This year's harvest is just around the corner, and Master Guo has already urged people to build more granaries.

As long as there is enough food, they can take in more refugees. This is a very good virtuous cycle.

After wheat is harvested, it needs to be dried before it can be threshed.

During this process, the farmers plowed the fields again.

Some fields need to be dried from now on. The longer the drying time, the more solar energy they can absorb, and the more fertile the land will be next year.

Another part of the land will be planted with cabbage and radishes after it is dried.

However, Lu Xingchen asked Master Guo to promote a new seed called potatoes.

The farmers had never seen potatoes before, but they reaped a great harvest from what Lu Xingchen promoted.

Many farmers are willing to try growing potatoes in their own fields.

Just when the people were busy with the autumn harvest and Lu Xingchen was busy promoting potatoes, something unexpected happened in Jizhou City.

A group of Qiang soldiers suddenly attacked the outside of Jizhou City.

Magistrate Kang used to live a peaceful life, enjoying delicious food, fine wine and massages from young ladies every day. However, he was so frightened by the sudden bad news that he jumped out of bed.

He immediately summoned all the officials and generals in Jizhou City to discuss how to resist the Qiang attack.